History Main / Fangirl

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' had Mia and Tia, the two little convertibles. After the race in the film's beginning, they [[{{demographically inappropriate humour}} "flash" their "headlights"]] at him. They later appear repainted light green when their adoration has shifted to Chick Hicks. But when Chick's penchant for UnnecessaryRoughness is exposed in the tiebreaker race, they switch back to adoring Lightning again. They even move to Radiator Springs and become waitresses at Flo's V8 gas station in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.

* Music/CharliXCX is a fangirl of Music/Britney Spears. She made special mention of her love of ''Blackout''.

* Creator/ChinaAnneMcClain is a fan of Music/MichaelJackson, Music/{{Beyonce}} and Music/OneDirection.

** Konata Izumi is a rare example of a different type of fangirl. She is not interested in shipping or attractive male fictional characters, instead having many characteristics of a typical male {{Otaku}}; she consumes tons of manga and anime and is addicted to video games of all genres (especially RPGs and {{Dating Sim}}s). That said, in the anime adaptation she's an especially big fan of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', owning tons of ''Haruhi'' merchandise and being easily bribed by Patty with tickets to see Creator/AyaHirano, Haruhi's voice actress. Some of this may be influenced by her father, who is also an otaku.

** In Part II, which takes place after a three-year TimeSkip, there's Karin and Shiho, both of whom [[MoodSwinger alternate]] between calm and level-headed [[HotScientist scientist]]-types to squealing fangirls for Sasuke and Shikamaru, respectively.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has, once you win a specific mini-game, three {{squee}}ing fangirls who will follow Link as if he were a rockstar no matter where in the city he goes.
* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan 2'' has a scenario where the player cheers on a group of three middle-aged Fangirls trying to save their [[DistressedDude kidnapped idol]].

* Morgan [=LeFlay=], Mighty Bounty Hunter(TM), from ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', is a rabid (and the only) Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate(TM), fangirl.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' plays the trope straight and for laughs with Tamao's [[HeroWorshipper hero worship]] of Yuka. Tamao sees Yuka as her role model, who she affectionately refers to [[CoolBigSis as "sempai"]], and entered the VG Tournament so she could meet her. The cutscene preceding her match with Yuuki even shows that Tamao has a Yuka T-shirt, a ball cap and jersey with Yuka's logo, and fan posters of her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-gCrAwNZc (seen at 0:32-0:43)!]]
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': "Good to finally meet you Commander Shepard. Kasumi Goto. I'm a fan." Since the quote is not quite enough to show Kasumi's fangirlishness, she will keep shipping you with other teammates (especially Tali) and discuss your date with Kelly (though not for very long, due to the way her "dialogue" is written).
* In ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', if Red becomes a prizefighter, he'll get a fangirl named Toffee who almost confesses love to him before finding out that he's not the independent badass she thought he was. She later gets over it and starts crushing on him again -- but by this point, she's made a name for herself and the move upsets her fan''boys''.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', [[LadyOfWar Cassandra]], of all people, is revealed to be a hopeless fangirl of Varric's novels, especially of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swords & Shields]]'', a rather smutty series that Varric considers his greatest failure as a writer. She started reading them after his autobiographic ''Tale of the Champion'' -- [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial ostensibly in hopes of finding more clues to Hawke's whereabouts]]. When the truth comes to light, Cassandra first goes in full {{tsun|dere}}tsun mode about her GuiltyPleasures and then starts to pester Varric about him making her favorite characters' life into utter hell. She also turns out to be one to Hawke, asking Varric if Hawke ever gives autographs and wondering if s/he'd be willing to sign her copy of ''Tale of the Champion''. A DLC later shows her to be a fangirl of Varric in general, as when he gets around to writing memoirs about the inquisition, her reaction to finding out he wrote her as tearfully begging his forgiveness is to {{Squee}} about having been included in his book.
* Marina from ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' is one to the Squid Sisters, the IdolSinger group that hosted [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]]. One of the Sunken Scrolls implies that [[spoiler:they inspired her to move to Inkopolis]], and she claims in one conversation to have watched a particular Squid Sisters music video "like 300 times". Her interview in the Splatune 2 soundtrack reveals that she considers them her "roots" and confirms that they're the reason she wanted to start getting into the music world. [[spoiler:The second game's ''Octo Expansion'' plotline confirms that it was the Squid Sisters' "performance" at the climax of ''Splatoon 1'' that convinced her there was a life for her beyond designing war machines, and she idolizes the Sisters as a result.]]

It is not always a pejorative term but it can be among people who don't "get" a particular fandom. Most folks today use the term to mean nothing more than a female {{nerd}}. Someone describing herself as a fangirl is usually expressing enthusiasm for the subject. If they're a fangirl of a real celebrity, that's also FictionalFanRealCelebrity.

* Subaru of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' is the titular character's fangirl. Half of her spells are named after Nanoha's and in the [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary manga chapters set before the third season]], she carries around a magazine clipping of Nanoha on her person at all times. It may have something to do with the small fact that Nanoha saved her life when she was 11...

* Goes back a long way further than the Creator/DavidDuchovny EstrogenBrigade. Seventies cop show ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' saw its own Estrogen Brigade volunteering in the devoted service of the two titular actors, most noticeably David "Hutch" Soul. Soul was propelled into a lucrative second career as a crooning pop star on the back of the series, with a long string of chart hits, lapped up by his adoring and swooning fan base. Who even now, in their fifties, still go to his gigs.

** In "Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!" Blossom is a huge fan of the PBS KIDS Show "Design Squad", as she has the show's merchandise around her table through the episode.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': For unknown reasons, Gypsy LOVES Richard Basehart.

** In "Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!" Blossom is a huge fan of the [[Crossover PBS KIDS Show "Design Squad"]], as she has the show's merchandise around her table through the episode.

* In ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', Usagi and most of her friends are fangirls of Aino Minako, an IdolSinger who also turns out to be Sailor Venus.

** Hiyori Tamura, with her YuriFan and {{doujinshi}} drawing tendencies, is a more traditional example of this trope. She's especially prone to [[ShipperOnDeck shipping her friends Yutaka and Minami together]].

** Konata Izumi is a rare example of a different type of fangirl. She is not interested in shipping or attractive male fictional characters. She has some of the characteristics of a typical male {{Otaku}}, consuming tons of manga and anime and being addicted to video games of all genres (especially RPGs and {{Dating Sim}}s). That said, in the anime adaptation she's an especially big fan of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', owning tons of ''Haruhi'' merchandise and being easily bribed by Patty with tickets to see Creator/AyaHirano, Haruhi's voice actress. Some of this may be influenced by her father, who is also an otaku.

* Konata Izumi from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' is a rare example of a different type of fangirl. She is not interested in shipping or attractive male fictional characters. She has some of the characteristics of a typical male Otaku, watching tons of anime, addicted to video games, and likes to cosplay. Some of this may be influenced by her father, who is also an otaku.
** Hiyori Tamura, with her YuriFan and {{doujinshi}} drawing tendencies, is a more traditional example of this trope.

* ''Machinima/MGTSchool'':

* Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman seems to be a fangirl of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''. [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman/status/1410807844216086530 She freaked out when she discovered that she was made into a Powerpuff Girl herself on social media as part of an event that celebrated black women]]. She also went into fangirl mode [[https://www.primetimer.com/watch/inauguration-star-amanda-gorman-goes-full-fangirl-over-james-corden-and-declares-her-intent-to-be-the-president when meeting James Corden]] and [[https://www.usanetwork.com/access/video/amanda-gorman-fan-girls-over-katy-perry/486853992 Katy Perry]].

The ''stereotypical'' fangirl is a girl who loves a story/series for one or more of the male characters. They have existed for longer than you may think: the Creator/DavidDuchovny EstrogenBrigade was a ''terrifying'' force on ''Series/TheXFiles''' group on Website/{{Usenet}}. The term has since widened beyond that stereotype to include girls who are merely fans of something or other.

* ''Series/TheWestWing'''s Josh Lyman has in-show fangirls ("The Lyman Hos" and those from lemonlyman.com). A bit of TruthInTelevision, as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed he's pretty much]] [[JerkassStu Rahm]] [[MemeticBadass Emanuel]].

* Marina from ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' is one to the Squid Sisters, an IdolSinger group that was very popular in the original ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''. One of the Sunken Scrolls implies that [[spoiler:they inspired her to move to Inkopolis]], and she claims in one conversation to have watched a particular Squid Sisters music video "like 300 times". Her interview in the Splatune 2 soundtrack reveals that she considers them her "roots" and confirms that they're the reason she wanted to start getting into the music world. [[spoiler:Octo Expansion confirms that it was the Squid Sisters' "performance" at the climax of ''Splatoon 1'' that convinced her there was a life for her beyond designing war machines, and she idolizes the Sisters as a result.]]

* Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman seems to be a fangirl of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman/status/1410807844216086530 She freaked out when she discovered that she was made into a Powerpuff Girl herself on social media as part of an event that celebrated black women]]. She also went into fangirl mode [[https://www.primetimer.com/watch/inauguration-star-amanda-gorman-goes-full-fangirl-over-james-corden-and-declares-her-intent-to-be-the-president when meeting James Corden]] and [[https://www.usanetwork.com/access/video/amanda-gorman-fan-girls-over-katy-perry/486853992 Katy Perry]].

* Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman seems to be a fangirl of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman/status/1410807844216086530 She freaked out when she discovered that she was made into a Powerpuff Girl herself on social media as part of an event that celebrated black women]]. She also went into fangirl mode when meeting Jimmy Kimmel and Music/KatyPerry.

* Japanese voice actress Creator/AkiToyosaki is a fangirl of the {{UsefulNotes/Xbox}} and that her favorite game on that is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'', which is stated a lot in ''Series/TokyoEncounter''.

* Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman seems to be a fangirl of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', given her [[{{Squee}} over-the-top reaction]] on Twitter and Instagram when she discovered that she was made into a Powerpuff Girl herself as part of an event that celebrated black women. She also went into fangirl mode when meeting Jimmy Kimmel and Music/KatyPerry.

* Creator/TiffanyGrant is a big fan of the ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' franchise. She eventually became a [[PromotedFangirl]] when she wrote the scripts for ''Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', in which she also starred as Pochacco.
* When Creator/TrishaPaytas started their YouTube channel, it was originally dedicated to Creator/QuentinTarantino.

* Creator/RaniMakurji is a very vocal fangirl of Creator/MadhuriDixit, Creator/AmitabhBachchan and Creator/ShahRukhKhan.